Podcasts

Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan

This unique and lively history show delves into some of the world's most important political, social and cultural events and the intriguing personalities behind them. Presented by Dr Patrick Geoghegan of Trinity College Dublin, Talking History unravels the gritty, sometimes uncomfortable, side of our past, and what we can learn from it.

Latest episodes

Limerick and the British & Irish Lions

8 days ago - 54 mins

Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan

Thomas Cromwell: His Final Years

15 days ago - 53 mins

Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan

The Irish Lumières

22 days ago - 50 mins

Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan

Daniel O'Connell: 250 Years On

a month ago - 52 mins

Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan

How The Free State Won The Irish Civil War

a month ago - 52 mins

Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan

Best of June Books

2 months ago - 48 mins

Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan

Mussolini and Fascist Italy

Joining Dr Patrick Geoghegan to discuss "Il Duce" Benito Mussolini and also the life of his daughter Edda Mussolini is Paul Corner, Emeritus Professor of European History and former Director of the Centre for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes at the University of Siena and author of Mussolini in Myth and Memory, and biographer Caroline Moorehead, the author of Edda Mussolini: The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe.